wantonness (n.) Old form(s): wantonesse, wantonnes, wantonnesse
lust, lasciviousness, promiscuity
LLL V.ii.74[Rosaline to Princess] The blood of youth burns not with such excess / As gravity's revolt to wantonness
MW IV.ii.197[Mistress Page to Mistress Ford, of Falstaff] The spirit of wantonness is sure scared out of him
MW IV.iv.7[Ford to Mistress Ford] I rather will suspect the sun with cold / Than thee with wantonness
Sonn.96.1[] Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness [unclear meaning; also: caprice; foppishness]
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